PictBear (freewarre) http://lib.giveawayoftheday.com/PictBear_25598/ Although creating and editing images is a very commonplace and basic operation, the standard application that Windows offers, MS Paint, isn’t really an all-around solution. Applications like PictBear are designed to offer you a more viable alternative. PictBear is an image editor that everyone can use. Although it offers a large number of functions, it still manages to fit them into a simple user interface, so even people with very little computer experience can quickly get the hang of it. With PictBear you can edit and create images. Its multi-layer capabilities help simplify things and allow you to add nice-looking effects by merging multiple images. Furthermore, the program provides a wide array of image filters, so that you can get eye-pleasing results with a minimum of effort. I also really like that PictBear includes a lot of handy tools (including the Magic Wand selection tool) and brushes. The only thing that I don’t like about this program is that it lacks smooth zooming. PictBear only allows you to zoom in and out in set increments, which makes it a bit hard to get the exact view size you're going for. Even more, the program lacks any kind of “fit to page” or “fit to window” feature, so you will have to make do with the zooming function. In conclusion, PictBear is a versatile application that I can recommend. This program can work with numerous image formats, does its job very well, and is completely free, so it’s surely worth checking out. « less Review licensed from Publisher description PictBear can be smoothly operated, even by users who are new to using paint software. With the vast range of functions lined up in the tool bar, it is possible to smoothly perform desired operations by selecting the icons of the functions you want to use. It is easy to arrange PictBear to be easier for you to use by choosing to display or not display tool icons, changing the allignment, etc. Customize everything to your specifications to take the efficiency of your work to the next level. By adding brushes to the brush palette in PictBear, it is possible to further increase the range of expressions available. It is possible to display multiple documents using tabs. Using this, it is possible to smoothly edit multiple images in parallel. It is possible to smoothly maximize and minimize in PictBear. Especially when maximizing, a grid is automatically displayed, which is very useful when drawing dot paintings or illustrations. It is possible to easily add a vast range of effects to images by using the filters. It is also possible to perform realistic processing and editing by combining filters.

PoowerPaint (shareware) lib.giveawayoftheday.com/PowerPaint_179341/ Do you like traditional Windows Paint program, which enables you for making basic images and some simple image manipulation. I love it due to its simple operation and easy to handle feature, but always think about some more feature should be there. Power Paint from FLISoft cover all features making it an ideal choice for simple but powerful image editor. It supports all major file extension like bmp, jpg, gif, pcx, png, tif etc for its wide acceptability. Power Paint enables a user to draw graphs from a large collection of picture about 100 or more. The graph drawing ability of this software makes it unique in terms of feature available in other image editors available in market. The graph designing has been given much importance and comes with a lot of options to draw graphs. It comes with a lot of new shapes in addition to traditional shapes which saves time and increases user’s interest while designing some images. In addition to above stated features PowerPaint comes with a large library of image effects which are about 100 giving you a complete solution for image editing and publishing. The tools of this software are very easy to use and in a professionally designed manner. Review licensed from Publisher description image editing and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supportsu undo, special effects,draw graph,and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools,Read and write all kind picture file(such as bmp,jpg,gif,pcx,png,tif etc),Transform image with over 100 predefined effects,Draw graph more than 100 kind on picture.

DRAWings® Embroidery Effect http://lib.giveawayoftheday.com/DRAWings_Embroidery_Effect_49777/ is a software application which allows you to convert any vector/bitmap graphic into an embroidery-like image quickly and easily. DRAWings Embroidery Effect calculates with real embroidery presets and that is why the output is just great.

openCanvas Plus (shareware) http://lib.giveawayoftheday.com/OpenCanvas_Plus_376564/ is a Windows graphics editing tool that combines the functionality of top-notch graphic designers (such as Adobe’s Photoshop) and drawing software tools (such as Corel Draw). It incorporates many of the features of high-end professional editors, like the use of layers, or intelligent coloring. openCanvas has been for many years a very popular drawing tool among amateur and professional Japanese users. It is true that it lacks some of the features that are common in other widely-used editors, but it was never its intention to compete with them. On the contrary, this Japanese tool wanted to be the reference for sketch drawing software (aware of the ever-growing demand from the manga market), rather than becoming the “Japanese Photoshop”, as some have called it. Thus, it has focused its development on the use of pressure-sensitive tablets, and on the possibility of saving different versions of the same drawing, thus having a complete “history” of the whole drawing process saved in different files. These files can be used by other fellow-artists, who can then finish off the job starting from any stage of the work. Do not confuse this feature with the use of layers (also supported in openCanvas) – each “event file”, as they are called, is saved in a different physical file, and each of them may contain as many layers as needed. When it comes to file formats though, the number of supported types is not as impressive as in other tools. In fact, except for openCanvas projects and Photoshop files, the program only opens BMP, JPEG, and PNG files. The interface is not very different of what you would expect to find in any similar tool, and the workspace is completely customizable, so that you can choose which windows and frames are shown or hidden, and which size and position they will have. « less Review licensed from Publisher description OpenCanvas is a paint/drawing software that enables you to record/replay your drawing procedure.If you use the "Event" function (to replay the drawing process), it is quite easy to find out how an illustration was created!openCanvas has a simple interface, nice and realistic brush stroke, and various filters/layers/tones.

IvanView (freeware $25) http://lib.giveawayoftheday.com/IvanView_169418/ is "yet another" image viewer/browser/editor. Such concept was first introduced by the well-known ACDSee program several years ago. Since then, many programs mimic it with more or less success. This program is compatible with a lot of image formats, just take a look at the help file to see the list. Fortunately, it's possible to save an image in a different forma (destination format), minimizing compatibility problems. You can use the image browser to locate the appropriate set of images. In addition, you can open it for single visualization or even to configure a slideshow presentation with the coolest transition effects. But the most helpful feature is the built-in editor. When viewing an image, you can make rectangular selections and apply simple effects and transformations, like blur/focus, color/brightness adjustments, and so on. The user interface is well designed, with colorful and stylish icons on menus and buttons, you will never feel lost or confused. The default color palette is pleasant to the eyes, allowing the user to change the background color. Regarding the documentation, the program comes with a help file which is well explained and serves as a starting point for the novice user. However, most of times you will not need it since it's very easy to use. IvanView is a simple but complete solution for image manipulation and visualization, keeping the simplicity of use in mind. It's like the "younger brother" of the "Pro" suites like Adobe Photoshop and such. But no matter how good may be this program, you can get the same feature set for free, just take a look at XnView, for example.

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